DENMARK: Long Live the Hungry King

Thanks to the Nazis, Denmark was bare as
Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Several days before the 30th anniversary of
his accession to the throne, King Christian X ruled that no
celebrations be held in his honor. In the once dairy-rich country there
was still some milk but most of it was skimmed. Eggs, butter and
bacon, onetime Danish standbys, were scarce as hens' teeth. Thousands
of Danes had been exiled to enforced labor in Germany. Two years of
German domination had really brought the New Order to Denmark.